Featuring left-handed options, a Short-Scale bass, and a Lap Steel!
Gretsch unveiled their Electromatic Collection earlier this month with the Classic Hollow Bodies release, while this time, the solid-bodied Jet models and the Lap Steel are in the spotlight.
What you need to know:
- The Gretsch Electromatic Jets and Lap Steels are now available.
- Making up the Jets the Jet BT, Jet Baritone with V-stoptail and Bigsby options, a Junior Jet Bass II Short-Scale.
- “The Gretsch Electromatic Collection gives you essential Gretsch power, style and performance.”
Read all the latest product news here.
Making up the Jets without Bennie is the Jet BT, Jet Baritone with V-stoptail and Bigsby options, a Junior Jet Bass II Short-Scale, with a Lap Steel also being released alongside them.
The Jet BT comes with a left-handed option as a pair of Black Top Broad’Tron Pickups deliver your desired tone. It has a chambered mahogany body with a maple top, a 12”-radius laurel fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets, a bound headstock, plain-face head cap, vintage-inspired purfling, Big Block inlays and closed back tuning keys.
A V-stoptail adorns the body with an anchored Adjusto-Matic bridge.
The Electromatic Jet Baritone is available with a fixed v-stoptail tailpiece finished in Bristol Fog or Imperial Stain or with a Bigsby tailpiece available in Midnight Sapphire.
Both have a solid mahogany body with a bolt-on maple neck, a 12”-radius laurel fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets, dual Gretsch mini-humbucking pickups, and an anchored Adjusto-Matic bridge.
The Junior Jet Bass II Short-Scale’s key features include a 30.3”-shorter scale length for comfortable playability, basswood body, bolt-on maple neck, 12”-radius black walnut fingerboard with 20 medium jumbo frets and dot inlays.
This versatile bass is also equipped with a four-saddle adjustable bridge, synthetic bone nut and die-cast tuners.
The Lap Steel is sleek and smooth, featuring a solid mahogany slab body, 22.5” scale length, 28-fret plastic fingerboard with circle, triangle, square and diamond position markers, aluminium nut, chrome-covered single-coil bridge pickup with G-arrow control knobs for master volume and master tone, chrome-plated string-through-body bar bridge with chrome-plated cast zinc cover and silver plastic deco control plate.
“Enjoy the enticing magic of lap steel in remarkable Gretsch style with three new standout Broadway Jade, Tahiti Red, and Vintage White finishes,” Gretsch said.
Head to Gretsch for more information. For local enquiries, head to Fender Australia.
